Ximena Cuevas

Born in Mexico City in 1963, Ximena Cuevas is one of Mexico’s chief video artists. She has exhibited works at the 13th Videobrasil in Brazil (2001), Laboratorio Arte Alameda in Mexico (2004), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York (1997), Mix New York Queer Experimental Film Festival and Anthology Film Archives in New York as well as Cine Acción in San Francisco (1999), among others and in video art festivals in Canada, Germany, Spain and Venezuela. She has been granted the Rockefeller – MacArthur Award, the Eastman Kodak Worldwide Independent Filmmaker Product Grant, the Lampiada Grant and the FONCA Award. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the MOMA in New York.